Jason @ Hackszine writes – The beta-v24 version of the DD-WRT firmware has a new feature that allows it to function as a standalone range expander. This is similar to the functionality provided by a wireless distribution system (WDS) network configuration, but unlike traditional WDS, the repeater router emulates a standard client connection to the […]
Cindy of Skip To My Lou is working on a special project and needs your help! Cindy needs help sewing “Linus” blankets for orphanages in China and is hoping to collect 200 by the end of June. Cindy writes: My 17 year old nephew will travel this summer to China to work in three orphanages. […]
Bean looks like a pretty spiffy open source word processor for Mac OS X – Bean is lean, fast, and uncluttered. If you get depressed at the thought of firing up MS Word or OpenOffice, try Bean. If you use Text Edit but have to jump through hoops just to get a word count or […]
Here’s Paul Gierow’s “big ball of connectivity” – satellite communications anywhere, anytime, via a blow-up antenna – No, it’s not a giant beach ball. It’s an ultralight, ultraportable antenna tucked inside an inflatable shell that can pull down a superfast broadband satellite connection at any location. The GATR-Com is designed for disaster-relief responders, far-flung video […]
If you’ve modded your Xbox 360, but you’re worried about getting banned from Live, iXtreme’s firmware 1.0 for TS-H943 Xbox 360 apparently defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts… Link. Related: Xbox hackery @ MAKE – Link.
Here’s a Creative Common’d free kite you can make from horvath.ch called “the urban ninja project” – build your own small zero or lightwind kite and fly with it actively in horizontal gliding, flatspin or diving mode. this kite is designed to fly in the most gentle of breezes or without any wind in confined […]
iTunes hacker Erica shows you what’s hidden inside those new un-DRM’ed music files from Apple, open one of the songs via terminal and you’ll see some of your account information inside the file – Link – it seems like these have always been in there (part of the ID3 tags).
